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About the Book

This book focuses on design in the domain of human-computer interaction. Including a broad sampling of case studies as well as narrower theoretical or empirical studies, it includes consideration of educational uses of design rationale, methods for teaching it in industry, and applications to a variety of software and user interface/application domains. The volume promises to be the largest collection of work on design rationale ever assembled, and thereby to energize the considerable, widespread interest in this topic. It will also act as a focus for the existing but scattered work in this domain.

Reviews

"This book contains a representative sample of current research on design rationale, which explores different viewpoints about the nature and use of design rationale. Most of the authors in this book are concerned with the domain of human-computer interaction: they want to improve the design of computer and information systems by helping the design process better deal with human needs and use."

—Interactions

"…a useful and welcome addition to the HCI literature. It takes an important concept and offers multiple perspectives on the nature, use, and value of design rationales….The present volume is already on my HCI class reading list, where I expect it to stay for the foreseeable future."